Chimney Swift
Introduction
Much smaller than our Swift with a shorter body, this common North American insectivore has only been recorded a handful of times in Britain. Most of the British records fall in October or November.
Chimney Swift breeds in the eastern half of North America, from the Great Lakes south to the Gulf of Mexico. Migratory, it is thought to winter in the Andes.
Key Stats
Status and Trends
Conservation Status
Population Size
Population Change
Population trends of this scarce species are not routinely monitored.
Distribution
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution.
Distribution Change
This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.
Seasonality
This species has been too rarely reported to BirdTrack during 2011–22 to properly assess seasonality.
Movement
Britain & Ireland movement
Biology
Survival and Longevity
Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.
Classification, names and codes
Classification and Codes
- Order: Apodiformes
- Family: Apodidae
- Scientific name: Chaetura pelagica
- Authority: Linnaeus, 1758
- BTO 5-letter code: CHISW
- Euring code number: 7900
Alternate species names
- Catalan: falciot cuaespinós de xemeneia
- Czech: rorýs ostnitý
- Danish: Skorstenssejler
- Dutch: Schoorsteengierzwaluw
- Estonian: korstna-kammsaba
- Finnish: piippukiitäjä
- French: Martinet ramoneur
- German: Schornsteinsegler
- Hungarian: kéménysarlósfecske
- Icelandic: Háfsvölungur
- Italian: Rondone dei camini
- Latvian: skurstenu svire
- Lithuanian: dumine chetura
- Norwegian: Skorsteinsseiler
- Polish: kominiarczyk amerykanski
- Portuguese: andorinhão-pelágico
- Slovak: srp torpédovitý
- Slovenian: temni dimnik
- Spanish: Vencejo de chimenea
- Swedish: skorstensseglare
- Welsh: Coblyn y Simdde
